Outdoor group portrait of 14th platoon, D company at Melville Camp. Front row left to right: ...

Accession Number P07203.009
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Western Australia, Perth, Melville
Date made c 1939
Conflict Period 1930-1939
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Outdoor group portrait of 14th platoon, D company at Melville Camp. Front row left to right: Corporal R J Wilkinson, Cpl P Gardiner, Sgt Arbery, Lt Allen, Sgt J R Millett, Sgt d, Neale and Cpl Glew. Second Row, left to right: Cpl H Weston, Pte J A Reilly, Pte Dowling, Pte Davies, Pte Mitton, Pte T Stickman, Pte H Green, Pte Walters, and Pte H Marshall. Third Row, left to right: Pte E Jones, Pte G Sayers, Pte B Coroneos, Pte W Duncan, Pte A E Austin, Pte H R Stone and Pte C W Prett. The photograph is signed at the bottom. Cpl Millett, along with Balding, Dieppe, Baxter, Crawford, Champ and Howard all took part in the mass escape from Oflag VIIB, Eichstatt Bavaria on the night of 3-4 June 1943. They were sent to Colditz after they were recaptured.

Related information